U.S. to consider cellphone use on planesgigaom.com - Lauren Hockenson While flight passengers have been exercising the privilege of using e-books and tablets for the entirety of flights throughout November, it seems …
Samsung Samsung owes Apple $290M more in damages, jury saysCNET - by Shara Tibken Jury rules that Samsung must pay additional damages for patent infringement. The amount is slightly less than what Apple had requested and brings the total award to about $930 million.
Google responds to Microsoft smear campaign with witty retort about wearable computingThe Verge - Sean HollisterYesterday, Microsoft started selling hats, mugs, T-shirts, and hoodies with a distinct anti-Google message, bearing phrases like "keep calm while we steal your data" alongside the Chrome browser logo.
Why Is Maternity Care Such an Issue for Obamacare Opponents?The Atlantic - Garance Franke-RutaThe ACA demands insurers fully cover 22 different women's health tests and visit types—yet few have raised conservative ire like covering expectant mothers. Opponents of the Affordable Care Act have settled
Senate Democrats invoke 'nuclear option' on filibusterLos Angeles Times - By By Michael A. MemoliWASHINGTON — In a historic move, Democrats in the Senate on Thursday voted to eliminate the use of the filibuster as a tool to block presidential appointments, upending a decades-old precedent that gave
Graphene Why scientists are shooting light beams at stacks of graphenefuturity.org - Charlotte Hsu-Buffalo By firing a beam of infrared light at a stack of graphene sheets, scientists can identify and describe the electronic properties of each individual …
Photons Gamma ray burst could upend leading physics theoriesfuturity.org - Bjorn Carey-Stanford When the core of a massive star collapses, it can eject a jet of gas into space at nearly the speed of light. Collisions between the fast-moving gas …
Venus orbits sun within huge band of dust, say scientistsThe Guardian - Alok JhaScientists have discovered that Venus circles the sun embedded within a huge band of dust that is 10-15 million kilometres high and stretches all the way around its orbit. The finding will help astronomers
The Strangest Detector Ever Finds the Strangest Particles EverTIMEAstronomers have become incredibly skilled at detecting cosmic radiation in all its forms—not just ordinary, visible light, but also light we can’t see, everything from infrared to ultraviolet to gamma
